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joumcu uuixi ±v ciocfc day niomlu^ 5nappedBQR7c^:-4j iWAS AnACKED BYi■ ■ CJTi l:Wanted Repairs Made Oa »; Automobile ' -4Youth In the Party TeH$Story of GrimeAkron. Oca 30,—Joseph Obermeicr, 50 was slain andv-^S-7.I:‘IJ!f ?t; liis. .body; set afire- in- tte. J;.* :. q ! . \lt;Sr»nt Hyde garage here Jted- gr:;iS -. mesday nisht by a • dnznkeh:1 j .and infuriated automobile Arlv- £jjv^er''- --'f: • • .........{jL Thi«^ftjinoii|iccin_ent;;.Tca«-^ I roda^^.’fter .police 7 bftd spent • Id /:* 3! ^^hotirs filling- four snspec£s. i.sW'bom^'are said to nave confes^d.-^^.^-; ;.«*o defectives :Ed McDonnell and lijBert'Elckerman* ' -* .p- I)etal?s of the crime are report- ,_Jed to have come front: a 1$^joid student. . one of' the‘' party-of ': s: four whose machine broke - dowxr y if5 ’xr-Z\Wednesday night and ffas .[to the gsra^c. This lad implicate*^ i ed the others and Identified : tha: - ''^.5 murderer, it is said, though names-;are being suppressed for the pres*/f[en*14. 'V 7R‘~V?S,-23x**n \. ^sS'I®m.According to * the alleged confessions the owner . anddriver of the wrecked ant^ aj*-Obermejer. night watchman .. ^ at the garage, to make fmme-. .lt;Haf£ repairs or- a finanrial set* ' j Ucmpijt. the enr having been * ;I bonjht of flie Hyde Comnany. V j The autoht.’n^s intoxfcatPd,;, j according to police, as were the: ' j others. Ohermeier fried to ea;:': J ! plain tlv*t he was not a mechlt;*v;::* anfc and conld neither make !| repairs nor financial adjust*. ** meets.{ Suddenly the . owner seized --.-S'• j hammer and struck the watchman [on the head. Ocermeser fell for*• ward and bis assailant -continued.' ;to beat him until the hammer fin- .m ■;,|5mlly sank Into the skull and tM 7fr;S*-.jftanfiie was snattered.In order to conceal the crlmey lanother member of the party pour-/ ied gaso-lne over the corpse and ig*-'. jnlted It- Then ail fled- Firemen | found Ob ermeierV charred remains ;: a and pur out the blaze before much: :)i-tdamace was done. This was aucist:. r|l2 o’clock TTednesday . nisha. r; Late Thursday the owner of th*.'! o car called acaln 2bout his machine a. and was arrested by waiting' joffl-lt;-[£* 13 who had .built up their case ; el from sales records of the company ♦ana abduce of a repair Aag 071 tha ■ rjdamaced machine. This thpory -.was subsequent!v confirmed, police .tjssy by the enpfe^son of the 'boy ' and snoiher of the party. ' •.■•■I'‘rS -M
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Zanesville Signal
Zanesville, Ohio, US
Fri, Oct 30, 1925
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